高碑店 gao bei dian furniture shopping

Constantine is visiting and so we went furniture shopping in Gaobeidian with Rania and Wang Wei. They have all kinds of shops there, selling everything from old yet-to-be refurbished traditional Chinese style furniture, refurbished stuff, new reproductions and everything in between (stone sculpture, stone tubs, old doors, sculptural elements, etc). It is a bit like Urban Ore in Oakland, what with the piles of doors, sinks, tubs, chairs, etc except everything is leftover from houses in the countryside being torn down so way way cooler than anything you could imagine finding in US. Also there is the raw lumber yard where you can buy old reclaimed wood from demolished homes and temples...beautiful hardwoods like elm in massive lengths that are milled on the spot.




shop selling modern reproductions


gigantic guizi cabinet in Lujiaying market




old wheels and timbers at lumber yard